Safety watch-pocket.



' No. 698,092. Patented Apr. 22, I902.

R. C. WILKINS.

SAFETY WATCH POCKET.

(Application filed May 29, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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Attorneys UNITED STATE-s PAT NT OFr cE.

ROBERT C. lYILKlNS, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

SAFETY WATCH-POCKET;

SPEGIFIGATION'fOrming part of Letters Patent No. 698,092, dated April22, 1902.

Application filed May 29, 1901;

To all whom it mat concern! Be it known that I, ROBERT CHARLES KINS, asubject of His Majesty the King of garment stoops or bends over inathletic ex- I provide an the like.

ercises or in theperformance of manual labor will securely andeftectually'prevent the watch from dropping out of the pocket. Thesafetypocket should also make provision for the passage of the watchchain or guard to a po sition outside of the said pocket, and the lattershould also allow of the easy andfree introduction and withdrawal of thewatch.

The object of the present invention is to improved construction of thewatch-pocket which will obtain the ends here inbefore recited. K l

The improved safety-pocket may be em ployed singly on or embodied in theconstruction of garments; but it is preferable for various reasons tocombine the safety-pocket with an ordinary or outside pocket which isadapted to contain a handkerchief or' any other article. My improvedsafety-pocket may be usedon any and all kinds of garments, although itis especially designed for useon outing or ath-' letic garments, such ason tennis-shirts and The safety-pocket may also be em-' ployed on mensshirts, womens shirt-waists, cowboys trousers, m'ens working jackets,overalls, or jumpers, and, in fact, on any and all garments wherein itis desirable to provide means for carrying watches with safety andreliability against accidental falling out; To the accomplishment ofthese ends my inventionconsists of a safety-pocket'closed on its top andbottom'and partly closed on both sides, said pocket having on its innerside edge a small opening for the reception or passage of a watch chainor guard and on its outer side edge a larger opening adapted to permitthe passage of a watch in inserting, or removing the latter into or fromthe pocket.

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Serial No. 62, 448. (No model.)

because the pocketis closed there except for f the presence of the smallwatch-chain opening, through which-the watch cannot pass;

nor can the watch pass through the larger watch-opening in the outerside edge of the pocket, because during't-he stoopingi or bend ingoveroi' the wearer it falls by gravityaway from such openingg'and,furthermore, the

watch is held or restrained by the chain or guard passing through thesmaller'ope'nin'gj from moving toward the large watchopening,

whereby the watch is securelyretained in the 1 pocket against accidentaldropping out, al-

though said watch can be inserted or removed I by hand throughthewatch-opening with com 1 it parative ease and facility;

In the drawings hereto annexed, forminga v I "7 5 7 part of thisspecification, 1 haveillustra'ted my safety-pocket in connection withvarious styles of outer handkerchief and other kinds of pockets and ondifferent kinds of garments; but I would have it understood that mysafety-pocket may be used singly or by itself and on any garment.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a shirt showing a left-handpocket embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is aside elevation looking atthe outer edge of the pocket. Fig.

3 is a vertical section on the line 3 8 of Fig.

1. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a portion of ashirt, for workmen, tennis,outing, ladies blouses, and other purposes equipped with a pocket of myinvention. Fig. 5- is an edge elevation lookingat the outer edge of thepockets. Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section on the line 66 of Fig. i.Fig. 7 is an elevation of a portion ofa pair of overalls equipped with apocket and a safety poe'ket, the latter embodying my invention, Fig. 8is a vertical section thereof. on the line 8 80f Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is anelevation of a portion of a pair of trousers for mounted troopsorpolicemen, for cow-boys, for-fox-hunters, and various kinds ofriding-trousers, the same equipped The same numerals of reference denotelike parts in each of the several figures of the drawings.

5 designates the garment, which may be of any character or materialadapted for any of the uses hereinbeforementioned.

6 designates the safety-pocket, the same consisting, preferably, of alayer of material of the proper kind, size, and shape, which is appliedto the garment 5 in any usual or preferred way. This safety-pocket 6 isnecessarily closed along its top edge by stitches, which extend entirelyacross the pocket or by suitable fasteners, as indicated at 7. Thepocket 6 is furthermore closed entirely across its bottom edge, as at 8,the inner edge of the pocket is closed nearly throughout its length, asat 9, and the outer edge of said pocket is also closed for a suitabledistance, as indicated at 10. The safety-pocket is provided with twoopenings only, (indicated on Fig. 1 by the numerals 11 12,) the1ast-named opening 12 being also shown by Fig. 2. The opening 11 is atthe inner edge 9 of the safetypocket, and it lies at the upper cornerthereof, said opening 11 being formed by terminating the stitches whichclose the edge 9 near the closed top edge 70f the pocket, asindicated atthe point 13, thereby forming a small opening 11 on the inner edge ofthe pocket,which opening is adapted to permit of the passage of a watchchain or guard. The opening 12 is necessarily provided at the outer edgeof the pocket and at the upper portion thereof, and said opening 12 isformed by stopping the stitches which close the outer edge 10 of thesafetypocket at a point some distance below the closed top edge f thesafety-pocket, as indicated at 14 in Figs. 1 and 2. The opening 12 inthe outer edge of the pocket is considerably larger than the opening 11in the inner edge of the pocket, and this opening 12 is of such size asto permit a watch to be readily passed through the same in the operationof introducing or withdrawing the watch by hand into or from the pocket6.

In Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the safety-pocket 6 is associated orcombined with an outside pocket 15, which is adapted to contain ahandkerchief or any other article. This outside pocket 15 is composed ofa layer of suitable material, which is arranged over the pocket 6 andwhich is stitched or fastened therewith to the garment-that is to say,the outside pocket is united alongits bottom and two side edges to thegarment except at the points where the openings 11 12 are formed in thesafety-pocket, and also except along the top edge of the outside pocket,which top edge is left open, as indicated at 16 in Fig. 3. The twopockets may be reinforced at their upper corners by the employment ofrivets, as 17, and also by a rivet applied to said edge at the point 14,(see Fig. 1;) but of course the rivets may be dispensed with or themechanical equivalents of the rivets may be employed.

The pockets shown by Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are similar to thepockets 6 15,which are shown by Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, except that the shape of thepockets is varied somewhat and that the outside pocket may be providedwith a flap or reinforcement 18.

In the embodiment of the invention shown by Figs. 7 and 8 the outsidepocket 15 is in the form of an ordinary pocket, which is cut away at itsupper corner to provide the recess 19, and this outside pocket isreinforced at its union with the garment by the employment of the rivets20, the same lying at the terminals of the recessed portion 19. Theinside or safety pocket 6 is partly exposed through the recessed portion19 of the outside pocket, and provision is thus made for the hand toobtain ready access to the watchopening 12 of the safety-pocket. Thesafetypocket is provided at its inner edge with the chain or guardopening 11, which is located a suitable distance below the rivet 20. Inthis style of garment the safety-pocket 6 is preferably located welltoward the inner edge of the outside pocket 15, and said safetypocket isof smaller size or area than the outside pocket, as clearly indicated bydotted lines, whereas in the form of safety-pocket shown by Figs. 1 to3, inclusive, and by Figs. & to 6, inclusive, the safety-pocket is represented as being of the same size as the outside pocket 15.

In the style of pocket shown by Figs. 9 and 10 the main pocket 15 lieswithin the garment 5, which is cut away below the waistband, asindicated at 21, thus providing a hand-opening in the garment itself,and said garment is reinforced at the ends of the cutaway portion by therivets 22 or theireqniva lents. The safety-pocket is smaller inessential respects than the corresponding pockets shown by the precedingfigures of the drawings and heretofore described; but the safetypocketin this embodiment of the invention is arranged at about the middle ofthe main pocket 15 and at its upper portion is exposed through thecut-out part 21 of the trousers; otherwise the safety-pocket G isidentical in construction to the improvement which forms thesubject-matter of this invention.

By the term inner edge of the safetypocket I mean that edge which liesnext to the center of the garment.

I am aware that it has been proposed to provide a safety-pocket withinanother pocket, the former having a small opening for the passage of thewatch-chain and a larger opening at the opposite side of the pocket forthe insertion and removal of the watch; but in all prior constructionsof this nature the larger opening has been on the side nearest thecenter of the garment-that is, just the reverse from that hereinshown-the result being that when the wearer stoops or-bends over ordownward there is nothing to prevent the watch from passing through thisopening and lost. By my disposition of the large and IOD small openingsI entirely overcome this objection, and as the wearer stoops or bendsdownward the natural tendency of the watch I is to move to the side ofthe pocket farthest from the larger or watch-receiving opening. The gistof my invention therefore resides in this disposition of the saidopening, and great importance is attached thereto.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- A safetywatch-pocket closed at its top and bottom and partly closed on both sideedges thereof, said pocket provided on its inner edge with a smallopening adapted for the R. O. WILKINS.

Witnesses:

THOS. 0. Fox, GHRs. H. Corn.

